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[Fluxx] The Answer to the Question about the Meaning of Life

FromAndy Looney <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

DateThu, 04 Dec 2008 15:54:37 -0500

If a player has The Animator and no one has the Finger of God, then the
Animator card states that it counts as the Finger of God. Does this mean
it can count as both at the same time in order to fulfill the Meaning of
Life goal, so long as no other player has the Hand of God in play?

No. While God Himself may be omnipresent, nothing else can be in two places
at once. Since the card shows two things being required, you need to have
both slots filled. While the Animator can take the place of the Finger on
other Goals, you need him to be himself when the Goal is the Meaning of
Life, and he can't do that if he's off on the other side of the card being
the Finger of God.

To clear this up on future editions, we should probably change the
Animator's fine print from "Counts as..." to "Can count instead as..."